Have you ever read a book that never seems to end? It’s painfully boring, correct? Well, let’s talk about America’s involvement in warfare, and see how it can correlate. Basically, The United States of America has been in a constant state of conflict, in some form or another, ever since the birth of the nation. Now, I feel like it’s important to mention that for the most part, in my lifetime of twenty years, The United States has never been in a war against an opponent that could actually harm the integrity of our nation – until now! Yes, that’s right folks – We’re in a newly formed Cold War with China!
The whole conflict revolves around trade routes and stuff in the South China Sea. China wants to play a larger part in the control of the area, and they’re letting everyone know it by flexing their military muscle, and they’re getting buff, quick! They’ve already strengthened their Navy a great deal, so they can make a presence.
President Obama will counter this movement by sending 2500 new troops to Australia, to increase a presence in the Indo-Pacific front. He also stated that the US is a major nation in the Pacific nations and that our increased presence will shape the area and its future! – Whether this proves to be morally correct or not. Who knows?
Anyway, President Obama’s play will put a stranglehold on the budget of China, holding out for Chinese workers and intellectuals to rebel against austerity and repression. Basically, the plan is to wait for it to tear itself apart. This is the same plan that was used against the USSR, during the first cold war. That worked, obviously, but we’ll see how it goes.
It’s suspected, and I support this theory personally, that the war will primarily be a political and economic issue, rather than a full scale military based war. However, there could be Proxy wars between China and some of its neighbors, such as Taiwan, in which the US is an ally, therefore, the US may get drawn into issues regarding that, militarily.
That’s pretty much the situation, from top to bottom. Now you get my opinion on it, and it is this – While I feel that it’s important for the United States to protect its interests and resources, I feel that it’s important for a nation to take care of its own people first. This is a policy that I’ve stuck by ever since I first had an understanding of political affairs. Shouldn’t we take care of Occupy Wall Street and other affairs like that? But, then I must interject to my thought process that if we don’t infringe upon the progress of China as a nation, that perhaps that would be the greatest risk to all of us.
Could this escalate to something more than just a hushed quarrel? Could it turn into a full scale World War III? Will we exhaust our resources? Or will the United States just turn a blind eye, and let the chips fall where they may, and leave its allies on their own? Who knows!?
I want to know what you, the reader, think. This is some serious mess going on in our current lives. It’s important, and everyone should know. And everyone should have a voice in everything, and The Everything Blog is working to give you that.
Here is a set of links that go into further detail about the current situation:
Oh, and one more thing. I don’t think this is something that anyone should lose sleep over. So, don’t spend your long nights digging a bunker into the side of a mountain. I just wanted to stress that! Haha
-Patrick
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